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Tuck Everlasting

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Tuck Everlasting (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 113

Fresh: 69

Rotten:44

Average Rating: 6.3/10

Consensus: Though slow-moving, Tuck Everlasting raises big issues and explores them with sensitivity.

Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for some violence

Runtime: 88 mins

Genre: Childrens

Theatrical Release:Oct 11, 2002 Wide

Box Office: $19,032,871

Synopsis: Fifteen-year-old Winnie Foster (Alexis Bledel) is the beautiful, privileged daughter of the richest man in town. A disagreement with her domineering parents (Amy Irving, Victor Garber) sends Winnie... Fifteen-year-old Winnie Foster (Alexis Bledel) is the beautiful, privileged daughter of the richest man in town. A disagreement with her domineering parents (Amy Irving, Victor Garber) sends Winnie outside the fence that surrounds her pristine house and protects her from the outside world, and into the nearby forbidden woods. Her journey becomes a far greater adventure than she ever anticipated when she meets the Tucks, a family of immortals that live deep in the woods. Parents Angus (William Hurt), Mae (Sissy Spacek), and their sons Miles (Scott Bairstow) and Jesse (Jonathan Jackson), stopped aging more than a century ago after drinking from an enchanted spring, a veritable fountain of youth. With the Tucks, Winnie discovers the freedom lacking in her own small world, and a romance blossoms between the mortal teenager and the immortal Jesse. With the local police searching for the missing Winnie and a mysterious stranger (Ben Kingsley) searching for the Tucks, Winnie must choose between immortality and a life with her new friends, or the life--and inevitable death--of a normal human. TUCK EVERLASTING is directed by Jay Russell (MY DOG SKIP, END OF THE LINE), adapted from the classic novel by Natalie Babbitt, and narrated by Elisabeth Shue. [More]

Starring: Jonathan Jackson, Alexis Bledel, Amy Irving, William Hurt

Starring: Jonathan Jackson, Alexis Bledel, Amy Irving, William Hurt, Ben Kingsley, Sissy Spacek, Scott Bairstow, Victor Garber

Director: Jay Russell

Director: Jay Russell
Screenwriter: Jeffrey Leiber
Producer: James V. Hart, Marc Abraham, Jane Startz, Deborah Forte
Composer: William Ross
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures

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  • Disney's Tuck Everlasting
  • Walt Disney Pictures' TUCK EVERLASTING, a timeless and enchanting adventure about one girl's magical summer, will captivate audiences of any age. Young Winnie Foster, stifled by the formality of her proper life and domineering mother, escapes into the woods only to get lost. Soon she happens upon Jesse Tuck -- a boy full of life and adventure who's unlike anyone she's ever met -- and falls in love. The Tucks, a kind and generous family, have a powerful secret -- a spring that holds the magic of everlasting life. And now Winnie must choose to live life as she knows it or drink from the spring. It's a life-affirming adventure that will cast its irresistible spell over you again and again.
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    04/29/09
    Felix Vasquez Jr.
    Cinema Crazed

    The entire production bears a certain medicinal scent; it may be good for you, but it's not exactly tasty.

    Full Review Source: Mr. Brown's Movies | comment Comment
    12/30/08
    Michael Dequina
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    11/30/03
    Empire Magazine
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    There is no life in the story, and what could be a thoughtful rumination on mortality offers only pat Disneyfied lessons.

    Full Review Source: Las Vegas Weekly | comment Comment
    09/06/03
    Josh Bell
    Las Vegas Weekly

    Lambent, wholesome youth film, nothing short of magical, wherein a cosseted, cloistered lass escapes from her perennial confines of parental stuffiness .

    Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
    07/10/03
    Greg Muskewitz
    eFilmCritic.com

    A great-looking film with beautiful scenery and some fine actors, but it lacks a good third act.

    Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
    04/09/03
    Robert Roten
    Laramie Movie Scope

    With much to be enchanted by while you're watching and some worthwhile questions to think about afterwards, Tuck Everlasting is rewarding old-fashioned entertainment.

    Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
    03/21/03
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    Attractively filmed and pleasantly conceived, it ventures too far into sentimentality, and not far enough into its fascinating life versus immortality subject matter.

    Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
    03/05/03
    Brian Webster
    Apollo Guide

    At one point, Winnie says to Jesse that she 'wishes this moment could last forever.' I thought the movie was going to last forever.

    Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
    02/22/03
    John J. Puccio
    DVDTown.com

    Despite its sad feel, and the fact that it drags almost to a standstill in the middle, it's quite beautiful visually and features fine performances by Bledel, Jackson, and the others.

    Full Review Source: Film Quips Online | comment Comment
    02/08/03
    John R. McEwen
    Film Quips Online

    A movie that the less charitable might describe as a castrated cross between Highlander and Lolita.

    Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
    11/20/02
    Matt Brunson
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    11/06/02
    Jeff Strickler
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    11/06/02
    Susan Stark
    Detroit News
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    Harks back to a time when movies had more to do with imagination than market research.

    Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
    11/05/02
    Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
    Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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    In the end, Tuck Everlasting falls victim to that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived: too much to do, too little time to do it in.

    Full Review Source: Matt's Movie Reviews | comment Comment
    10/30/02
    Matt Easterbrook
    Matt's Movie Reviews

    That rare movie that works on any number of levels -- as a film of magic and whimsy for children, a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death, both pro and con, for adults.

    Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
    10/25/02
    Joe Baltake
    Sacramento Bee

    Sure to make teenage girls giddy, their mom’s cry and their father’s smile.

    Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | comment Comment
    10/25/02
    Bruce Bennett
    Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

    [The kind of] story that stays with kids, becomes more meaningful to them as grownups.

    Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
    10/22/02
    MaryAnn Johanson
    Flick Filosopher

    "Tuck Everlasting" is a rare thing: not only a family film but a film about a young woman.

    Full Review Source: Roanoke Times (Virginia) | comment Comment
    10/21/02
    Beth Jones
    Roanoke Times (Virginia)
     
     
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